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Sandy Cay (South China Sea)

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Sandy Cay is a small coral reef feature in the northern Thitu Reefs of the Spratly Islands in the West Philippines Sea, made up of multiple shallow reef platforms with shifting sandbanks. It lies about 1.5 nautical miles northwest of Thitu Island and 9.3 nautical miles northeast of Subi Reef, on the western rim of the Thitu Reefs atoll, and is claimed by China, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Sandy Cay is a small coral reef in the northern Thitu Reefs of the Spratly Islands, West Philippines Sea
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